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Cognitive behavioral therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy was developed by Aaron Temkin Beck in 1964 and is often used to help people with phobias, depression, fears, or addictions. Follow the story of Lily to see how it can be used to treat school anxiety. Read the full script here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZFYLJCf

How Childhood Trauma Distort Your Perception on Life

Some people experience trauma at an early age and robs them of this sense of safety and security, and they often grow up to carry that trauma with them well into their adulthood. Defined as “the experience of a single or multiple events by a child that is emotionally painful or distressful,” studie

7 Signs Your Depression Is Lying To You

Are you feeling sad lately? What about depressed? Depression is a serious mental health disorder that needs professional help. One aspect of clinical depression is rumination or negative thoughts. This happens when we go into a spiral of talking negatively about ourselves. For example, "No body care

6 Thoughts That Are Making You Depressed

Are your thoughts making you depressed without realizing it? In our social media society, negative self talk has in many ways become the norm, and it’s easy to fall into a pattern of constantly comparing yourself to others or setting unrealistically high expectations for yourself. While these practi

Neglect - The Life of Forgotten Children

Children who are physically, cognitively, or emotionally neglected often suffer from anxiety. As a result, her body produces stress hormones. When this happens frequently, these hormones become toxic to the developing brain, which can later suppress emotional and cognitive well-being for a lifetime.

4 Signs You have Intrusive Thoughts

In this video, we're going to talk about the different types of thoughts that can lead to intrusive thoughts. We'll also discuss how to deal with them and how to change the way you think about yourself. If you're struggling with intrusive thoughts, this video is for you. We'll discuss the different

The Flintstone Method Learning through mediation

Can learning be taught? Or is it something that just happens or doesn't happen? Feuerstein believed that everyone can increase their ability to learn through human mediation. He distinguished between direct and indirect learning and what this means for the learner's ability to understand new informa

Emotional Intelligence

Our ability to sense, understand, and control emotions is known as emotional intelligence (EI) and is considered critical to human thriving. For centuries, we thought that emotions and cognition were two separate things. Today we know that the two are constantly interacting. The most relevant model